East Coventry Killer Will Stay in Norristown State Hospital

He has been there for 35 years, and he'll be there at least 365 days more.

According to a report on philly.com, Richard Greist, of East Coventry Township "went on a rampage," on May 10, 1978. Greist, who was then 27, "stabbed and killed his pregnant wife and pulled the unborn child she was carrying from her womb, stabbed his 6-year-old daughter in the eye, and slashed his grandmother's throat," said the philly.com story.

Greist was committed in 1980 after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. He was then taken to Norristown State Hosptial, where he's lived since. Now 61, Greist, who is not permitted to see his children, is permitted 12- and 24-hour unsupervisied stretches away from the hospital once a month, and times to "attend church, unsupervised, every Sunday at the West Norristown Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses for three hours."

Tuesday, a judge decided, as Greist had missed scheduled visits with a state-mandated psychiatrist, that he must serve another year of commitment in Norristown. He's since been married twice while in care, once to a nurse at the hospital who later killed herself and a another wife, whom he'd met online, according to philly.com's report.

For the full story on Greist's case, his "rampage" and commitment at Norristown, visit the full philly.com story here.